|Temporary Staffing Processes

I am researching temporary staffing processes within the NHS.Please provide the following information:

1) Do you have a master vendor (MV) arrangement in place for thesupply of medical locums? No, the Trust does not have a master vendor arrangement.

If so please state the name of the provider used (Medacs, Holt, A&E Agency etc.) N/A

2) Please state the utilisation rate that has been achieved throughthe master vendor in the last 12 months. This is the total value oflocum spend supplied by the master vendor itself in the last 12months as a percentage of total locum spend in the same period.N/A

3) Does the trust use a direct engagement model to engage locumstaff? If so please state the name of the company used (LiaisonPwC, 247 Time, Brookson, HB Retinue, Medacs etc.)?Yes, Brookson

4) Do you run a weekly payroll for medical bank?No

5) Does the trust use rostering software (Allocate, Smart etc.)? Ifso please state the name of the company used, and the total amountthat the trust has spent on rostering in 2014/15.Allocate is used to roster nursing staff and the annual support and maintenance cost is £22,162 per year.

Please provide all subsequent information split by the followingstaffing categories. Please include all spend outside of thespecified categories as “other”.

– Nursing & HCA’s

– Medical & Dental

– AHP’s

– Other

6) Please state the trusts expenditure on agency staff in 2014/15split by the above staff categories.

Sum of YTD_Actual

Pay Cat 2

Agency

Administration & Estates

1,814,084.88

Medical and Dental

4,272,922.19

Nursing, Midwifery & Health Visiting

8,299,594.92

Other Staff

110,093.35

PAMS

718,869.60

Professional & Technical (PTB)

1,478,737.86

Scientific & Professional

175,458.02

Grand Total

16,869,760.82

Please note that all categories of agency staff have been provided due to the broad definition of AHPs.

7) Please state the total spent on internal bank staff in 2014/15,split by the above staff categories. This is the total paid toworkers completing shifts via the trust bank, excluding any coststo 3rd parties. Please do not include any spend on outsourced bankstaff.

Sum of YTD_Actual

Pay Cat 2

Bank

Locum

Administration & Estates

2,605,781.15

Ancillary Staff

18,566.88

Medical and Dental

4,034,626.41

Nursing, Midwifery & Health Visiting

7,924,390.31

PAMS

362,748.52

Professional & Technical (PTB)

935,280.71

Grand Total

11,846,767.57

4,034,626.41

Please note that all categories of internal bank staff have been provided due to the broad definition of AHPs.

8) Please state the total number of staff signed up to the trust’sinternal bank, split by the above categories.

AHP

285

Medical & Dental

112

Nursing & HCAs

1563

Other

904

9) Of the above figure, please state the total number of staffsigned up to the bank who also work as substantive staff at thetrust. I.e. Staff that hold substantive contracts but have alsocompleted shifts via the internal bank.

AHP

265

Medical & Dental

6

Nursing & HCAs

1216

Other

659

10) Does the trust outsource the supply of any bank staff to thirdparties such as NHS Professionals, Bank Partners, etc.? If soplease specify the name of the company used and the staffing
categories supplied by the 3rd party.No

11) Does the trust use any third party tech solutions to manageinternal bank staff (de Poel, HB Retinue, Liaison, Holt, 247 Timeetc.)? If so please specify the name of the company used and the
staffing categories managed through the tech solution. No

12) Do you use any suppliers or systems to manage the release ofvacancies to agencies and bank workers? If so please state the nameof the company used and the staffing categories managed. If you usedifferent suppliers/systems for different staffing categories,
please specify.Allocate Healthroster system.